National Aeronautics and Space Administration February 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding examination of records by Comptroller General and contract audit.

This direct final rule makes changes to NASA's rules governing implementation of the Privacy Act by providing for electronic access to records and, most significantly, exempting NASA's harassment investigative case files system of records notice (SORN) from specific subsections in the Privacy Act. The rule also makes several non- substantive changes to correct titles and minor provide clarifications.

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is providing public notice of a modification to a previously announced system of records, Harassment Report Case Files/NASA 10HRCF. The most significant modification is that the system of records will now be exempt from certain subsections of the Privacy Act. A statement of purpose for maintaining the records was also added. Enhancements were made to the categories of individuals, the records source categories, and the records access procedures. One duplicative routine use was deleted, and three new routine uses unique to this system were added. The notice incorporates locations and NASA standard routine uses. The system of records is more fully described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

This agenda provides summary descriptions of regulations being developed by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in compliance with Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' This agenda is being published to allow interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking process. The Regulatory Secretariat Division has attempted to list all regulations pending at the time of publication, except for minor and routine or repetitive actions; however, unanticipated requirements may result in the issuance of regulations that are not included in this agenda. There is no legal significance to the omission of an item from this listing. Also, the dates shown for the steps of each action are estimated and are not commitments to act on or by the dates shown. Published proposed rules may be reviewed in their entirety at the Government's rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov.

This document is issued under the joint authority of DoD, GSA, and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of the rules appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-02, which amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain further information regarding these rules by referring to FAC 2023-02, which precedes this document.

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement several changes made to the Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations.

This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-02. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, NASA announces a meeting of the NSpC UAG. This will be the first meeting of the recently announced UAG membership